DURAND — Having not played its best volleyball lately, Dakota was hoping to finish off the regular season strong Thursday night.

The Indians couldn’t have asked for a much better start to the finale against Durand. And while they struggled a little in the second set, they were still able to put the match away in two (25-6, 25-22) to finish the regular season with a 35-0 overall record. The win also capped another 13-0 conference title run, but the fun is likely just beginning for the NUIC-East champs with regional play set to begin next week.

“Obviously winning four straight conference championships is pretty awesome and exciting but the postseason is where we have a ton of fun,” Dakota coach Shannon Williams said.

The Indians overwhelmed the Bulldogs with a 21-2 run in an opening set that saw Dakota clicking on all cylinders.

Of Dakota’s 25 points, only three came off of Durand errors. Meanwhile, the Indians committed only three errors, accounting for the three of the Bulldogs’ first four points, in the first set.

“The last three games we haven’t been playing all that well and I finally thought we really got it back,” Williams said. “We were playing really well, we were connecting our setters and our passing wasn’t too bad. I think we just lost a little bit of focus after we beat them by so much in the first game.”

Thompson finished with a match-high 11 kills and two blocks. Senior Cora Fiene added four kills and junior Eden Meier had three, along with a match-high four aces.